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Benoit Mandelbrot - the incredible and beloved mathematician - passed
away last week at age 85.

Mandelbrot is most known for coining the term "fractal" and describing
the Mandelbrot set. A lot of us are huge fans of Mandelbrot's work on
fractals and fractal geometry and lots of our walls and computer
screens have been decorated with awesome and sometimes psychedelic
renderings of Mandelbrot's work.

Many of us, when first confronted with the concept of fractals, were
dumbfounded and hypnotized by the endless ever-changing, although
similar patterns arising from zooming in on the tiniest spots of the
Mandelbrot set, only to experiencing a near-head-exploding out-of-body
experience when realizing that this infinite world of detail is
described by the seemingly innocent mathematical formula Z=Z^2+C.

For everyone who know and love the work of Mandelbrot, for those who
have yet to discover it and for everyone in between, the Metalab is
throwing a party in remembrance and honor of Benoit Mandelbrot.

We will do our best to help you relive the initial experience of
discovering fractals and give you the chance to again fall in love
with the wonderful and psychedelic world of infinity and chaos.